Background

Mr. Donald L. Evans, also known as Don, is a Senior Partner and serves as a Principal at Quintana Capital Group, L.P. Mr. Evans serves as a Senior Advisor at Energy Capital Partners. In 1975, Mr. Evans moved to Midland, Texas, and began his career as a Roughneck, working on oil rigs at Tom Brown Inc. Since 1985 until 2001, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Tom Brown, Inc. He was a strong Advocate for the free-enterprise system, free and fair trade ... and was responsible corporate stewardship. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce since 2001. Mr. Evans served as the 34th Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. He was a core Member of President George W. Bush's economic team, advising the President on many issues, including pro-growth and job-creating economic policies, international trade and energy policy. He serves as the Executive Chairman of Energy Future Holdings Corp. at Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company, LLC. Mr. Evans served as the Non-Executive Chairman at Energy Future Holdings Corp. since October 2007. He served as Non-Executive Chairman of Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC since October 2007. He served as a Director of Genesis Energy LLC from February 05, 2010 to March 12, 2014. He served as a Director at Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC since 2007. He was the Chief Executive Officer at the Financial Services Forum from June 2005 to 2007. Mr. Evans was involved with the United Way for many years, serving as President of the Midland branch since 1989 and Campaign Chair since 1981. He is Chairman of the George W. Bush Foundation. He was Chairman of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System. He worked on behalf of Governor Bush's successful gubernatorial campaigns in 1994 and 1998, and was the Chairman of Bush/Cheney 2000 campaign. He was a Member of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System since 1995. Mr. Evans was a Board Member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation for eight years and was a driving force behind Native Vision. In September 2002, the University of Texas honored him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. In November 2002, he was inducted into the University of Texas Red McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame. Mr. Evans received an M.B.A. in 1973 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1969, both from the University of Texas at Austin. In December 2001, the University of South Carolina awarded Mr. Evans an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

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